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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-09
The FIy-Catcher in Paris.

London Telegraph
Fly-catchers have busy time of it in
Paris Just now. The calling is not a
recognized or classified one, nor do par
ents as rule bring their sons up to it.
But there are hundreds of experienced
hands employed at it during the dog
days, and good haul of flies is often
profitable enough. The tiy-catcher is
generally declaSSe, a goOd-for- nothing
rascal from the suburban lanes and al
leyS. who does not want to leave Paris,
and is too lazy to go into the
country for the haymalking or
the harvesting. Sometimes he is per-
son who unites in himself a variety of
callings. being by turns corner GRAND
runner, bootblack. 4 dog shaver and
WaSer out of employment. His mOduS
tOlerably large-SiZed box with a little
hole in its top, and stations himself emit
side grocer'S shop where the winged
insects are buSily buZZing against the
window paneS on the lookout for stray
drops of molaSSeS or chance grains of
brown sugar. These the catcher deX-
teriouSly imprisonS in his palm, in the
schoolbOy fashion, and dislOcating some
OF their antenne, puts them into his
box. Sometimes he is allowed to pur-
sue his calling inside the shop, when
customers are not numerous, and is
thus enabled to fill his box with celer-
ity. After few hours of this exciting
kind of sport, he goes Off with his spoil,
and dispeses of it to the people who sell
or keep birds. His best and most OPEN
handed customers are the fraii denizens
of the Quarter Breda OF the QUARTER
de FEurope, all of whom keep the
feathered pets. They often pay so good
a price to the fiy-catcher for his spoil
that he is enabled to go home after a
successful day with ample means in his
pocket to defray the cost of bed and
board for half week in one of his
dingy hauntS
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-09
PUCK'S PHILOSOPHY.

A man doesn't begin to be much of q
liar until he owns dog.
A Minneapolis landlady has been
fined $40 for slapping her hired girl
We will make one of ten to pay that
wOman's fine.
An empty pocketbook will make q
man round shouldered quicker than
anything else.
A book has been written for "middle-
aged women" 1t is finding ready
sale among very old ladies.
The humbug has no wings at all, but
he gets there just the same.
There is something very beautiful
about childhood, except, possibly, in the
case of newsbOys.
To attend church with a pretty cir
doesn't make permanent sure-enOugn
Christian of a young man, but it has q
temporary religious effect, the sincerity
of which cannot be questioned.
Talk is said to be cheap. but we have
known men to shoot their mOushs off in
a way that proved hopelessly expensive
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-09

STUNNING ScARF-PINS. hose, reaching
almost to the knee, for evening wear.
These cost IS a pair for the former and
So for the latter.
Here are few things which every
swell buys for a wedding outfit Or even
a winter outfit" said the haberdasher:
Zone pair of white silk suspenders, all
embroidered in white orange blossoms
with a patent clasp, costing SIS; one pair
lavender and one pair pale-pink SuS-
penderS, each at $40; ties, three four-in-
hands in pink, lavender and blue groS-
grains, six spotted sailors in white and
all rainbow tints, box of six dozen null
evening ties, dozen bow Scarfs, each
costing from g to Sc; four silk muffiers
for evening weaT,a half-doZen silk hand
kerchiefS and two dozen fine linen ones
with the monogram hand-worked."
''Well," continued the furnishing
goods man, 'this young man spent just
1000. He bought half-doZen of the
prettieSt blazers and two of the long
striped bathing gowns at s. each, and
half-dozen Turkish bathing sheets and a
lovely dressing sacque, all pink quilted
and swans down."
''DreSSing-goWn,y you mean?" said the
reporter.
mo, Idon't. I mean a dressing
sacque. 1t fits closely and is more like
gabrielle wrapper than anything else,
and it only covers to the thighs, and is
to be worn instead of a lounging coat"
ALL SORTS OF SHIRTS.
Of fine linen the young Benedict has
a large supply. For the morning are
shirts of plain linen, with box plat
down the center, which faStenS with
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-09
Estbeticism i'm Toe Nails.

He set me OH chair and removed nay
boot with loving care, says writer in
the New York News, describing visit
to manicure. He skinned my sock Off
and laved my pet corn in nitric acid
with camefS hair brush, and then he
shaved it tenderly down until from a
pertinaciouS fact it became mere
haunting memory. He wanted to trim
my toe nails to point and polish them.
and looked decidedly aStenished when
declined this luxurious indulgence of
my effete person. ''Ah!" sighed the
dapper gentleman, ''you have beautiful
toe nails, if you would only
take care of them. sir. Eve
got customers. sir, that would give
all their money for such toenailS, sir.
You don't know what blessing good
toenails are, sir, till they get bad, sir"
and when left him at the door lie was
trying to sell me bundle of toenail
tickets with one hand and a bottle of
toenaline with the other, while every
man and woman in the shop looked on
me with undiSguised awe as upon
superhuman being, thus able to resist
the establishments of so great and wise
and artful a person. Indeed, | have
wondered at my own cailouSneSS since.
Naturally impreSSiOnable as | am,
cannot quite explain myself yet how 1
was able to scOrn the advances of poet
who could make an idyl out of toenails
and enshrine cOrns in halo of romance.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-09

THE TEIL-TALE SCRAPS. that night.
There was meeting. and then another.
Then embarrassing predicaments fol-
loved, and there was noisy scene.
The paramOur tried to explain it away,
but getting an opportunity he fled
through the crowd. The wife was de-
liant. Now there is to be suit for di-
vorce and the custody of the three chill
6ren. and the poor woman's heart is sad.
and there is none but her paramour to
comfort her, and he isn't half as bold as
he was just previous to the embarrassing
incident at the corner of Seventh and
Jackson streets that evening, when the
last notes of the Olympic band had
echoed away. C.F.J.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-09
nent ears with which SO many youths


MORNING AND AFTERNOON SUITS.
Any one who frequents upper Fifth
avenue or Broadway, on bright after
noon, may see for himself how the
youth of fashion adorns himself. For
the morning are suits of Bannockburn
tweeds, in large INVISIBLE plaids and
made with Tapping trousers, worn with
patent leather tipped shoes and light
cloth leggings. A coat Of covert cloth,
either in brown or gray; a derby, of
Zig hit brown or black, collar and cuffs
showing generously at wrist and throat;
silken handkerchief just peeping from
the breast pocket, and good havy
cane, with big head; dark tan gloves
with their black stripping, showing prop
erly. This rig is not often seen, except
at the deJeuner la fourchette which
our youth are so fond of eating at Del
monico's or the Hoffman house.
For the afternoon are seen light
trousers, either in stripe or check, fall
ing gracefully over full patent feathers:
a black or dark brown Prince Albert.
with lOw-cut vest of the same stuff,
the coat not so long as in days agone,
and consequently more jaunty; tie of
fine silk, Seither white or gobelin blue Or
lavender, with boutonniere of the same
color and gloves of the ''old mahogany
shade, which is also the most fashiona-
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-09
A LOST SUMMER.

We scarce could tell the hour sweet summer
died,
Nature told on her rosary of flowers.
Pale lily. rose and purple pansies pied,
And birds still sang as in springs banished
hours.
But yet we know the soul of summer has fled;
That requiem winds in murmurs hoarse
and rude
Would chant above the grave of fiowrets
dead.
And strew with leaves the haunted solitude.
So from my heart in grief love vanished.
And hope still spread anew her phantom
feast
For the dear guest who reason told was
dead,
And Lies fair temple lacked its white
robed priest. j. H. G.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-09
SUFFERERS AT SCHOOL.

Interesting Scenes in the Office of
Chicago Professor"
Chicago Herald.
"Young man, how did you acquire the
habit of stuttering?"
81 u-u-used to m-m-mock man.
When he d-d-died / took his place."
The question was by professor of a
vocal institute on Dearborn street, and
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-09
Scandal in the Society Islands.

King Pomare, the fifth ruler of the
Society islands and the lands that lie
adjacent thereto, has Instituted an ac-
ton in divorce against his wife, Queen
Johanna, who is aged about fifteen.uPa Par
iSian lawyers are hard at work upon the
case. as the youthful queen lately came
to the French metropolis in order to
place her interests in the hands of
a wise man of the Western
world. Her majesty's version
is that her royal husband is in sad need
of little advice from the apostles of
the blue ribbon movement. King Pom
are is, in fact, of prOnouncedly vinous
disposition, and his conduct to his
spouse when in his cups has been any
thing but royal, not to say gentlemanly.
His ''g0ingS-On' were so bad that his
youthful spouse was constrained to fly
for protection to her mother-in-law.
On the other hand, the royal respond
ent is accused of having had lover in
the shape of Gallo salt in blue Jump
er and loose trousers, who was one of
the crew of French man-of-war. Adj
miral Series, the commander-in-chief of
the station, did his best to effect a re-
Cancellation between the spouSeS, and
the two were about to forget each
others peccadillOeS, when the young
queen learned that her husband was
going from bad to worse, and that he
was not only growing fonder of ssbaccy
and rum," but that he was in a fair way
to beat the Mormon prophets in the
matter of polygamy. This interesting
divorce suit will be heard before the
tribunal OF Papeiti, in Otaneite.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-09
A SUMMER NOON.

With slumbrous motion swing to and fro
The drowsy moments passing all unused
And filled with sleep, nor need to be amused Il
For is it not enough to swing and go
Now up, now down, the hammock movin g.
slow,
My mind with ianguid, dreamy thoughts
tranSfuSed?
What pity. were the quiet hours abused,
And not lying where the breeZes blow!
These sultry summer moons are made, per-C
hapS,
To read some dainty tale that often seems,
AS listlessly we turn its pages fair,
And interspe1se its words with furtive maps,
To mingle with the shadows and sunbeams
And breathe about us in the fragrant air.
John NJ. Gilbert.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-09

large w hit e
pearl buttons.
These S hirt S
have the col
lars and cuffs
made on them
a n d co n S e.
quently a fresh
one is needed
each day. For
afternoon are
shirts with the
French pique
bOSomS, some
of them plain,
others with a
tiau n1nn nf
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-09
PARTING.

herman of Helne7
The yellow foliage trembIes,
The leaves are falling around;
All that is sweet and lovely
Fades and sinks into the ground.
There surrounds the peaks of the mount
aims
A CLEAN Of the dying sun:
Last kiss of departing summer,
Whose career is almost run.
feel almost like weeping
From the fullness of my heart;
The picture brings before me
The hour when we did part.
was compelled to leave thee,
And knew thou soon must die;
Thou vert the fading forest
The departing summer, l.
Herbert +. James in Boston Transcript.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-09

| body to meet
her at the cor
iner of Jackson
a II d Seventh
J streets at s p.
IN. The detect
i've acquaint-
ed the jealous
liege with the
fruits of his in
vestig att
So they both
watch e d thu
corner of Jack
son and Sew
enth streets
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-09
Assessment for Grading ano
BouIeyarding Summit Ave-
nue..


The Board of Public Works in and
for the corporation of the city of St.
Paul. Minnesota, will meet at their office
in said city at2 p. m, on the 18th day of
October. A. d. 1887, to make an as
sessment of benefits, costs and
expenses arising from grading and
boulevarding Summit avenue to width
of 200 feet, from Lexington avenue west
erly to the edge of the bluff near the
Mississippi river, in said city, on the
property on the line of said improve
ment, and deemed benefited thereby
amounting in the aggregate to S64, 669. IS.
All persons interested are hereby no
titled to be present at said time and
place of making said assessment, and
will be heard.
All assessment notices heretofore
given have been annulled.
II. l.. GORMAN, President.
Official: w. F. ERWIN,
2sl-2S2 Clerk Board of Public Works.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-09

DlON IL SCtSt. dt-
preached the de-
livery box timidly
and inquired IF
there was anything
to-day for Miss
Annie Mp
She said she had
called every day
for three days and
had not received a
letter. This time
she did get one.
she 5Slnshed a lit
tie more when she
noticed the hand
writing upon the
envelope, although
S h e apparently
h a d anticiDated
from whom the let
ter would come.
Going toward the
door she opened it,
but she could pro-
coed no further
without reading it.
Pm sure he loves
me,'' she whisp-
cred with a sweet,
satisfied almost in
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-09

OhS lSN piNOt'o "
man of fashion
considers prop
er to wear. The
reporter found
that $4,000 was
a modest sum
for fashionable
clothing for one
year, and that
$1,000 had beer Z
spent by a half
oZe young
men ia wedding
outfits this fall.
A dozen pairs
of I-.iSIa fl,raad
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-09

Tx SIOullu OUT Tie PLEASE REMIT.
remark: "a man ought to have mill
ion dollars to satisfy these sharks" He
flung the torn scraps to the pavement
as he made his hasty exit from the post
Office and uttered, by CT I'll pay
when [ get good and ready, d-n them.''
Sad is the heart of a beautiful lady of
twenty-seyen summers and winterS.an
maybe springs and autumnS. She has
been tied up to an old boor (bore) of
husband for three years, and she has
got tired of him. There were as con-
sequence clandestine meetings and noe
turnal vlgils. Her fool of a husband
was Jealous, as some husbands will be.
despite the multifarious charms of their
wives. She had also INDUCED in writ
ing letters, and her beast of husband
had caught on to the snap. He was in
dignant but very cunning. He never
said a word; no, he just put private
detective to watch his erring spouse.
And what had been the results? A
half-hundred pieces of paper had been
found The detective put this and that
together. and oh, heart-rending thought!
the tell-tale scraps fitted nicely, and
there were enough of them to show
that III" faithipSS fran wanted same
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-09

The former, to
be up to the
pitch of fashion,
1have the mono
gram worked in
white silk OH the
tleg and colored
ssilk clocks up
; the side. A
dozen pairs of
these to match
the underwear
were ordered,
also, a dozen
cslJ~n-
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-09

HE lAAlES SloSNlui anu
DRESS COAT AND glish conversation
VEST. was overheard the
other afternoon in the reading room
of the Knickerbocker club, as two
of the ultra-fashiOnable youths
sat smoking and gossiping i'll one of the
Fifth avenue windows, says the New
York Journal. The speaker was tall
and slender, with a pretty, clean-shaven
face. lit by brown eyes, long, slender
hands and feet, and had the sickly white
complexion of cigarett eSmoker. From
the crown of his neatly-parted brown
hair down to the tip of his patent leather
boot he was dressed in the extreme of
elegant masculine fashion. His COM
panion was fashionable dressed. but
looked tritle more English. The check
of his light trousers was bigger, his tie
a trifie brighter, his gloves lighter
brown, his collar higher and more far
ing in front.
THAT'S nothing" said he, laconically,
in answer to the firSt's question. .'Why,
Cecil, who was married the other day,
you know. spent twice that amount ON
his wedding outfit. Awfully pretty
things. Most of them direct from the
other side"
The Journal renarter did not exactly
believe this story, so he sauntered down
Broadway and on to Twenty-thfrd
street, stopping at half dozen of the
most fashionable haberdashers and
tailorS, and lastly in Tiffany'S. to price
the few pieces of jewelry which young
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-09

n is never yelled at those
h0TS Who in cur sWsnts'' their wants
disclose.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-09

for one complete moment with eyes
covered himself quickly and said some
thing in another language, which, being
interpreted and with the explosives left
out, is, Are you an escaped lunatic?"
He was politely informed that the per-
son who asked the question had pos
seSSed sound mind until he met the
delivery clerk. Then the clerk smiled
and murmured, You'd better stand
here all day and count them There
fore the curious scribe concluded to not
count them. but take down some notes
of some characters that had more than
usual interest about them.
Soon a biuShing maiden, attired in
street costume of brown serge. ap-
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-09
THE RIG OF A SWELL.
What It Costs a Man of Fash
ion to Get a Suitable
Outfit.
Some Very Queer Vagaries
Prevalent in New York
Among the Bloods.
Underwear and Socks Made of
the Finest Silk--SuSpen-
ders Sis a Pair.
Fancies in Canes, Scarf Pins
and Cuff Buttons and
Night Robes.

HE guv' S
! kicking at m Y
| bills. l Spen t
$1,000 on III Y
clothes last year,
and, b. Jove he
'Says that's three
times too much !!
How much do
your rigs cost a
twelve-month, old
fellah?."
This entirely
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-09

The yoke or guimpe ON little girls
frockS is a frequent feature.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-09

was a contrasting
spectacle. A sleek
looking, tall gentle
man. clad i'll a long
ulster. silk hat and
neatly fitting brown
pants. was somewhat
excited. He was
tearing up a letter.
Remit, by G.! re-
nit: nothing but
please remit - he
Ell ac lated. H i S
face was liEid with
crushed fury. Ere
mit,r' ground
h i S teeth your
bill. - Seventy
five X due "A
* vest and pants
4 should pay
your tailor : +
Remit at once if
convenient" III e
CRASHED his teeth as
hA n-D-l a-% ~.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-09

hose, a half dozen sets of cotton jean
underwear, the same of flannel, dozen
new shirts, collars and cuffs, new pair
of shoes, one new suit, two or three ties
and new pair of suspenders used to be
the modest yet ample wedding outfit
purchased by most gentlemen in COM
Portable circumstances.
Now the following are some of the ar
ticles gilded youth worth perhaps half
a million, drives his tandem and his
fOur-in-hand and has his yacht and his
seat in church, thinks proper for an
outfit. All his purchases are the latest
mode and will tell the fashions to be
worn this fall and winter:
A SWELL S SILKEN UNDERWEAR.
''From $50 to S35 SET" was the price
put upon the sillen underwear of which
this benedict had ordered just enc
dozen sets. This underwear is of finest
woven jersey silk webbing of many
shades, and is fastened by soft ribbons
and mother-of-pear buttons. Silk
stockings and Siiken elaStics come next.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-09
AT The POSTOFFGE.
What a Globe Reporter No
tieed While Lettering in
the FoStoffice.
The Sweet-Faced Girl Who Re-
ceived a Letter From Her
Dear Henry.
The Irate Citizen Who Was
Once More Asked to
Please Remit.
The Innocent Scraps That Told
a Tale Of Infidelity and
Brought Disgrace.

Ss:,s ssi 5s s$ s ii; sst +; IS
T. lgiS Twas question put to
4, ia delivery clerk one
T. iday last week. He
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-09

audible whisper:
then discovering that she was being
watched she stepped out of the door and
fingered upon the steps until she
finished the tale of alteration and flat
terry. Here she couldn't restrain her
self, for she whispered some more in
broken SnatcheS and words of delight.
This much was gathered from the deli
cate miSSiye, which was one of those
roSe-tinted affairs, with boquet of for
get-me-nOtS and roses in the upper left
hand corner, and the writing scrabbled
in violet ink:
Darling Annie: I
can't live much longer without You. + :
| hope you liked the ring l sent
you. . If we could
only = = cottage s &
happy together nv + * =
dearest, sweetest darling $ & true
to Won and love 3 for ever and
ever will fly to you soon =
kisses to you From your
own HENRY.
She looked around to see that nobody
was noticing her, and as the scribe sim
ultaneously turned away his head and
pretended to be writing a postal card,
she produced a photograph from her
bosom and kissed it in the usual style
of applying her lips to the face portion
of it. Then she carefully folded the lit
tie rOSe-tinted sheet OF paper, put it in
the envelope and placed it in the bosom
pocket, along with the photograph.
ny-.aI. 10 tho loft of tho doll
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1887-06-01
OF INTEREST.

The following items Of interest to
us are from the San Francisco
Herald of Trade Of May 19th:-
Mr.. Claus Spreckels Of the Cali
fornia Sugar Refinery, left Sunday
last, for Europe for the purpose Of
studying the beet sugar industry,
with the ultimate purpose of enconr-
aging the enterprise in this state.
The success of the Standard Sugarie
of Alvarado, no doubt stimulating,
this action. The Standard is the
only refinery Of beet sugar in the
United States that has proven sue
cessful. Mr.. Spreckels is accom-
panied by Mr.. Waters, chief
draughtsmen of the California Re-
finery.
E. L. G. Steele of the American
Sugar Refinery, returned on Monday
last from flying visit to Montreal,
Chicago, Minneapolis and st. Paul
via the Canadian Pacific Railway.
Mr.. Steele reports the merchants of
st. Paul and Minneapolis are well
pleased over the competition, as it
releases them from the tyranny of
New York refineries. They find
that they can do business in San
Francisco and be wholly independ-
ent of New York, and trade occa-
sionally with Chicago for immediate
- n
goods from Winnipeg, after United
States territory is reached, comes
under the short-haul provision, and
is therefore very low-so low that
New York cannot undersell San
Francisco.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1887-06-01

moet the Queen on the train between
Boston and Washington, and con-
tinued with the party, doing every
thing possible for their comfort and
entertainment, showing them the
sights, etc. Mr.. Gilman also had a
piece of music composed, in which
one of our national airs, "Aloha
De-" is incorporated, and which was
played at the Queens reception.
1t must have been very pleasing TO
Her Majesty to meet in foreign
land a gentleman who was familiar
with her own country and language.
1t may he added that the assistance
which may have been in this way
rendered to the royal party, is en-
tirely due to an old resident OF this
country, who sent forward the sug-
gestion in writing.